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Friday, June 8, 2012

Ex-Miss Pennsylvania USA Sticks To Story, Says Trump Lawsuit Won’t Stop Her

The 27-year-old beauty queen from Cranberry appeared on the "Today" show Friday morning.

Despite threats of a lawsuit from Miss Universe co-owner Donald Trump, former Miss Pennsylvania USA Sheena Monnin said she wouldn’t back down from her claims that Sunday’s televised Miss USA was fixed. “I feel prepared to continue to pursue the truth,” the 27-year-old beauty queen said during an appearance Friday morning on NBC’s Today show. “I know what I heard and I know what I in turn witnessed come true.” Monnin, of Cranberry, made headlines this week when she turned in her title and claimed, in two statements on her Facebook page, that a fellow contestant in Sunday’s competition saw a list of the top five women in the pageant before judging began on the show. She also called the organization fraudulent, lacking in morals and trashy. …

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Updated: Donald Trump Plans Lawsuit Against Miss USA Contestant from Cranberry Over Accusations (in Cranberry Patch) and Who Will Fill Sheena Monnin's High Heels? Pageant Experts Weigh in (in Cranberry Patch)

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5:35 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Updated: Donald Trump Plans Lawsuit Against Miss USA Contestant from Cranberry Over Accusations

Trump on Wednesday said he plans to file a lawsuit against Sheena Monnin, who resigned after she said a fellow contestant saw a list of the top five women before judging began Sunday.

Miss Universe Organization co-owner Donald Trump says he plans to file a lawsuit against former Miss Pennsylvania USA contestant Sheena Monnin after she accused the pageant of being fixed. “She said some really strong things,” Trump said during an appearance on NBC’s Today show Wednesday morning. “When she’s using the word ‘fraud,’ that’s pretty strong, so we’re going to be suing her on that basis.” Calling the pageant fraudulent, lacking in morals and even trashy, Monnin turned in her sash and crown Monday. “After 10 years of competing in a pageant system I once believed in, I now completely and irrevocably separate myself in every way and on every level from the Miss Universe Organization,” Monnin, of Cranberry, said in a statement on …

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